Muttra Bridge

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Muttra Bridge over the River Jumna

The construction of this bridge is reported to have been undertaken by James Richard Bell in his Obituary of the '1914 Institution of Civil Engineers: Obituaries' [1] which states:-

JAMES RICHARD BELL died at Ightham, Kent, on the 14th July, 1913. Born at Wick in 1841, he joined the Indian Public Works service in 1868.

At first employed in the Madras Presidency, he was later transferred to the State Railways department of India, in which service he remained until his retirement in 1896. He gained a high reputation in the construction of bridges, amongst the more notable structures erected by him being the Empress Bridge over the Sutlej, the Muttra Bridge across the Jumna, Ferozepur Bridge and the Sher Shah Bridge over the Chenab. He also devised successful means for training rivers by means of bunds.

This has not been investigate and is still pending

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